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Athens, Georgia, United States (1980 – present)
R.E.M. is an alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1980. The band originally consisted of Michael Stipe (vocals), Peter Buck (guitar, mandolin), Mike Mills (bass, keyboards, vocals) and Bill Berry (drums). Berry retired from the band in October 1997 after having suffered a brain aneurysm on the ‘95 Monster tour. He is now a farmer.
Although “R.E.M.” can stand for “Rapid Eye Movement”, which is a certain stage during a person’s nightly sleep, it does not have special significance with respect to the band, for they have stated that they got the term at random out of a dictionary. Their first show together had been performed under the name Twisted Kites.
Throughout the 1980s, the band worked relentlessly, releasing records every year from their debut album Murmur in 1983 through Green in 1988. Alongside this hectic recording schedule, R.E.M. toured constantly, playing both theaters and backwoods dives. Along the way, they inspired countless bands, from the legions of jangle pop groups in the mid-1980s to scores of alternative pop groups in the 1990s, who admired their slow climb to stardom and were instrumental in the rise of college radio. The band’s politics, aesthetics, and hardworking ethos - largely inspired by the early punk and art rock movements of the 1970s - enabled the group to establish itself quickly as one of the pillars of the U.
Although “R.E.M.” can stand for “Rapid Eye Movement”, which is a certain stage during a person’s nightly sleep, it does not have special significance with respect to the band, for they have stated that they got the term at random out of a dictionary. Their first show together had been performed under the name Twisted Kites.
Throughout the 1980s, the band worked relentlessly, releasing records every year from their debut album Murmur in 1983 through Green in 1988. Alongside this hectic recording schedule, R.E.M. toured constantly, playing both theaters and backwoods dives. Along the way, they inspired countless bands, from the legions of jangle pop groups in the mid-1980s to scores of alternative pop groups in the 1990s, who admired their slow climb to stardom and were instrumental in the rise of college radio. The band’s politics, aesthetics, and hardworking ethos - largely inspired by the early punk and art rock movements of the 1970s - enabled the group to establish itself quickly as one of the pillars of the U.
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In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
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Automatic for the People
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Out of Time
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yaghma wrote:
i love these guys
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thewaywewalk wrote:
I figured it out: it was a fantastic cover of Gershwins "Summertime". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKh0UBrtlM I love it :)
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kizeyev_oleg wrote:
thewaywewalk Everybody Hurts, maybe
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squiggins wrote:
I surprise myself by still listening to this band so much.
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thewaywewalk wrote:
I've heard a very bluesy slow R.E.M song - but I don't know what it's name was - can anyone help? Any suggestions? I want to find it :|
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Not another useless comparison...
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CleanSpoon wrote:
The Smiths of America.. but not even close to their greatness
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BrilliBi wrote:
Much better than the Beatles...
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TMaltheus wrote:
the beatles of america
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tomorrowsparty wrote:
I find it weird that I love their IRS years, but would give more 9s to warner albums, Murmur, Reckoning, Out of Time, Automatic and New Adventures respectively. Fables is growing a lot on me though.
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bpuppets9 wrote:
http://hablatumusica.blogspot.com/ INDIE-ROCK MUSIC & MANY MORE
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IAJP wrote:
yeah i kinda COMPLETELY forgot about that album, it's fairly taken for granted i would say in the grand scheme of R.E.M., but it has some nasty hits on it!! drive is awesome..
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BelzebuthMichon wrote:
Love the early stuff!!! Murmur, Reckoning and Life's Rich Pageant. But I have to say that Automatic For The People is also a great album!
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IAJP wrote:
don't really like anything since out of time but up until that point every album they done amazes me..i absolutely love green, such a weird record that sums them up really well.
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tinybluebox wrote:
as much as a i love irs r.e.m, reveal is an under-rated classic. it's so sad and cryptic.
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willv67 wrote:
@stelladallas: Seriously, this really pisses me off, just because a band gets popular doesn't autamaticly make it shit, get a fucking life and be more original.
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Ni1985 wrote:
Losing My Religion
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stelladallas wrote:
yes sadly once they got a major label deal it was just about over :'(
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alfancur wrote:
I.R.S YEARS R.E.M
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X_ind_Y wrote:
the one i love!!!!
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